[Rhodes22-list] UPS sail

[Wally Buck]

Tom,

How easy is it to jibe or come about with the UPS. Does the sail snag much 
or is it light enough to be pushed over easily.

Wally

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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS sail
>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:15:41 EST
>
>hi mark
>the first email to marylou on our ups site has the windspeed numbers i was
>told would be the maxs for the boat..note at this time no they had never 
>made
>one for an R 22....10 kts on a close reach is reasonable and ive done
>it...but i am more comfortable with my 150 above that..ive done 14 on a
>beam/broad reach and had the strange sensation of feeling like the boat was
>being lifted out of the water..i had the board fully down and was doing 7.2
>on the gps..dont know what the current was..
>since im new to the boat i havent pushed too hard and am really anxious to
>hear feedback from more experienced rhodies....one unrelated point.. if you
>are underway and want to drop the sail after furling..put the wind in your
>face and the sail will fall on the deck...the opposite is true if you are
>raising the sail underway...put the wind at your back to raise it, then 
>come
>into the wind to unfurl it...i found last season that if i raised it with 
>the
>wind in my face it would sometimes get caught where the lower shrouds meet
>the mast..in fact i got a small tear in the sail once because of that..easy
>to fix but still unnecessary
>best
>tom
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